1941 Lafayette Leopards football team

1941 Lafayette Leopards football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	5–4 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Edward Mylin (5th season)
Captain	Joseph Laird, John McKenna
Home stadium	Fisher Field
Seasons ←  1940 1942  →

1941 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lafayette $	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Rutgers	1	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	6	–	3
$ – Conference champion

The 1941 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team represented the Lafayette College as a member of the Middle Three Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 5–4 record and won the Middle Three championship. ^[1] Joseph Laird and John McKenna were the team captains. ^[2] The team played home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Lafayette was ranked at No. 95 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Virginia *	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 0–25	9,000	[4]
October 4	NYU *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 0–6	7,500	[5]
October 11	at Navy *	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 2–41	21,000	[6]
October 18	Muhlenberg *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 40–0		[7]
October 25	Brown *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 0–13	8,000	[8]
November 1	at Gettysburg *	Gettysburg, PA	W 17–6		[9]
November 8	Rutgers	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 16–0	10,000	[10]
November 15	Western Maryland *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 26–0	5,000	[11]
November 22	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 47–7	10,000	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2009 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette College. 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
2. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. 28 Sep 1941, Page 25 - Daily Press at Newspapers.com
5. "N.Y.U. 6, Lafayette 0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 5, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Navy Takes Easy Win From Lafayette, 41-2". The Baltimore Sun. October 12, 1941. pp. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Lafayette Routs Mules 40-0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 19, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Two Specatacular Runs Win 13-0 Decision for Brown Over Lafayette at Easton". Allentown Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 26, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Lafayette Sends Gettysburg to 17-6 Defeat". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 2, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Lafayette Downs Rutgers, 16 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1941. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Varsity Plays One Period As Lafayette Wins 26-0 Over Western Maryland". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 16, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Lafayette Rolls Over Lehigh, 47 to 7". Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 23, 1941. pp. 14–15 – via Newspapers.com.